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Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York: (left) prisoners are walking in a long file leaving spoons in a bowl as they go  past; (right) prisoners stand in line to receive a loaf of bread. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer, 1876, after F. Régamay.

War in Egypt, Egypt: soldiers using the new eye protection and head gear. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer after W.H. Overend.

The Physick Garden, Chelsea: viewed from the river, showing water gate, mooring posts and steps. Wood engraving by W. J. Palmer.

Franco-Prussian War: the use of private and public carriages as ambulances. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer after G.U. Régamey.

Egyptian people boarding boats on the Nile during a cholera epidemic. Coloured wood engraving by W.J.Palmer after C. Loye.

Wounded British soldiers waiting at the station to go home from the Afghan war, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer.

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Palmer, William James.

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War in Egypt, Egypt: soldiers using the new eye protection and head gear. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer after W.H. Overend.

Wounded British soldiers waiting at the station to go home from the Afghan war, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer.

Egyptian people boarding boats on the Nile during a cholera epidemic. Coloured wood engraving by W.J.Palmer after C. Loye.

Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York: (left) prisoners are walking in a long file leaving spoons in a bowl as they go past; (right) prisoners stand in line to receive a loaf of bread. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer, 1876, after F. Régamay.

Franco-Prussian War: the use of private and public carriages as ambulances. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer after G.U. Régamey.